Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-01-21

OF covering brood chamber with enam-
eled cloth or boards, care of old combs
during warm weather, etc. Discussion
of the subject, ''Cellar versus Outdoor
Wintering," was led by DR.. f. Bond of
Cornwall and F. NJ. Wright of Enos-
burgh. DIR. Bond thought best to be
governed by circumstances he practiced
cellar wintering, as he was situated in a
windy location; thought it was a saving
of bees as well as honey, and we should
aim to economic heat: thought bees
would consume less honey in cellar,
which, in a large apiary, would be quite
an item: did not pay much attention to
ventilation or uniformity of temperature;
was successful without these precau-
tions; does not put his bees into winter
quarters till frozen weather, and does
not take them out till about the 10th of
April, or when the weather is warm
enough for the bees to be at work. +.
NJ. Wright, in preparing for wintering,
finds it necessary to ventilate, and ac-
complishes this by use of pipe extend
ing from the bottom of the cellar up
through the floor and attached to the
pipe extending from the stove to the
chimney; practiced cellar wintering for
the same reasons that DR.. Bond had stat
ed. The subject was discussed by Messrs.
Leonard, Crane, Nahum and others. The
balance of opinion expressed was in ia
vor of cellar wintering.
At the beginning of the evening ses-
sion the chair appointed the following
committees: On nomination-A. f. Ma
mum of Bristol, II. ID. Davis of Bradford,
Geo. Beecher of Essex; on awards-By-
of South Cabot, Ii. l.. Leonard of Bran
don.
The next subject discussed was "Shall
we Feed Sugar or Honey when Hives are
Deficient in Winter Stores?' led by j. f.
Crane of Middlebury, who thought we
should endeavor to make the bees do
He was asked if he thought sugar syrup
was as good as honey for wntering, and
said syrup was good. but could not
say which was best. The subject was
ard thought that hives will be so con-
structed as to make the bees produce
their own stores instead of forcing to
procure all the comb honey possible; did
not like to take away honey to damage
of winter stores. DR.. Bond thought it
not good policy to force bees to fill boxes,
to the detriment of winter stores, to
place upon rapidly declining market.
Mr.. Davis thought if bees had collected
honey-dew or poor quality of honey it
would be best to extract it and feed
sugar syrup for wintering. An essay
entitled SLOW Shall We Market Our
Honey" was presented by Miss NJ. \.
Douglas of Shcreham and was listened to
with deep interest. AS will be seen by
referring to the report of the awarding
committee, this article took the first prize.
Miss Douglas did not attempt to answer
the question in the title of the essay, but
thought some means ought to be devised
whereby we could dispose of our surplus
crop without being obliged, after paying
the usual expenses of sections, founda-
ton, shipping, etc., to pay the amount
of ten dollars out of every hundred re-
tn no ,is bnr t fnr
handling our honey; thought we should
put upon the market nothing but the
very best, put up in the most attractive
manner possible. Mr. Davis exhibited a
novel honey package of his own device,
which he considered a great advantage
to bee-keepers, both as a protection and
means of obtaining higher prices. The
next topic for discussion was presented
by A. f. Nahum, namely, SIS it desira-
BILE for Vermont bee-keepers to adopt
Heddon's methods of Manipulation:"
He gave description of HeddOn's new
hive and methods, but said he had had so
little experience with them, that he could
hardly express an opinion with any de-
gree of certainty. The same lack of eX-
perience was expressed by several menu
bers present. The closing discussion of
the first days session was on "What is
the Best Method of Requeening Colo
MES? led by ii. l.. Leonard, who did
not claim to know the best method, but
did claim that the ''best method was the
right method;' he said his method is to
requiem in the swarming season and to
accomplish this end he selected the sealed
queen cells from his best colonies and
enclosed them in Il cage with wire screen
on one side and inserted the cage into a
colony of bees where it would receive
the proper degree of temperature. When
the young queens are Matched he places
one in an introducing cage and intro
duces it to the colony he desires in the